Edition of the Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

这项研究是一个长期编辑项目的一部分，该项目是詹姆斯·克拉克麦克斯韦的科学信件和手稿论文的第一个综合版，共三卷，将由剑桥大学出版社出版。麦克斯韦是19世纪最重要的物理学家，他的工作在建立光的电磁理论和统计物理学方面具有开创性意义，这些工作对现代科学和技术至关重要。在此资助下，哈曼博士正在为该版本的第二卷撰写编辑评论，该版本涵盖了1862年至1873年。手稿文件的这一时期，这是特别感兴趣和复杂性，揭示了重要的光麦克斯韦的科学成熟度，在此期间，他写的经典作品领域的物理和统计分子理论，他独特的声誉主要在于。这一版本力求文字的准确性和完整性。文本注释和介绍澄清了文本的晦涩之处，并建立了文件写作的历史背景，采用了当代出版和手稿来源。这项工作将在哈佛大学进行，并与波士顿地区的物理学历史学家协商，将在一个关键版本中提供现代科学研究的基本原始资料。

This research is part of a long-term editing project, the first comprehensive edition, in three volumes, of James Clerk Maxwell's scientific letters and manuscript papers, to be published by Cambridge University Press. Maxwell was the most important physicist of the nineteenth century, and his work was seminal in establishing the electromagnetic theory of light and statistical physics, work that is fundamental to modern science and technology. Under this grant, Dr. Harman is working on the editorial commentary for Volume II of the edition, which covers the years 1862-73. The manuscript papers of this period, which are of especial interest and complexity, shed important light on Maxwell's scientific maturity, the period in which he wrote the classic works on field physics and statistical molecular theory on which his unique reputation largely rests. The edition aims at textual accuracy and completeness. The textual notes and introductions clarify textual obscurities and establish the historical context within which the documents were written, employing contemporary published and manuscript sources. The work, to be carried out at Harvard University in consultation with historians of physics in the Boston area, will make available, in a critical edition, fundamental source materials for the study of modern science.